ANALYSIS
File this one in the “Believe it or Not” section. If you already think this country is going downhill, well it just slid a little further down.
A Vermont public high school homecoming football game last Friday night turned into a “drag ball” runway at halftime, with a mix of students and faculty members parading in gowns, wigs, and makeup – and a big crowd in rainbow colors to cheer them on.
Yes, you read that right – it happened at a public high school, and faculty joined in.
The Associated Press reports as school cheerleaders wrapped up their routine, about 30 students and faculty members from Burlington High School dressed as drag queens and kings – or a bit of both – walked out onto the field and the crowd started to chant, “Drag Ball!”
Andrew LeValley, an English teacher and adviser for the Gender Sexuality Alliance at the school, came up with the idea for the event.
He joined students on the makeshift runway, dressed in a Shakespearean burgundy gown and a wig. He said he was inspired by Lady Macbeth and Marie Antoinette.
The high school’s Athletic Director Quaron Pinckney had suggested the event be held at halftime of the football game.
Pinckney, who is Black, said the school gave him the space to “uplift my voice” and that he was able to reciprocate and “uplift the voices of another marginalized group and share a space in the athletics realm that doesn’t normally get shared.”
The high school’s “drag ball” received a lot of attention from social media users.
A user named Jim tweeted: “Vermont high school halftime show is a drag pageant. VERMONT IS LOSING IT. MUST BE IN THE WATER.”
Vermont high school’s halftime show is a drag pageanthttps://t.co/pElm5srhsC
VERMONT IS LOSING IT. MUST BE IN THE WATER.— Jim (@DAYUNITEDSTATES) October 17, 2021
Conservative blogger Derryck Green responded to the story, tweeting “Vermont high school puts on DRAG SHOW during halftime at football game. ‘To show support’ = Indoctrination.”
Vermont high school puts on DRAG SHOW during halftime at football game https://t.co/AoLjptZCKl ‘To show support’ = Indoctrination.
— Derryck Green (@DerryckGreen) October 20, 2021
Another Twitter user wrote: “Vermont high school’s halftime show is a drag pageant. SICKENING.”
And another user tweeted, “The country has gone mad!!”
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